The BDSM Book Club Discussion Thread

[graceanne]

I agree with you Wicked Doll. I'm not throwing anything. I can't explain the turn on of pony play because I don't get it either. I found it a turn off here and in the Beauty book.

I'm guessing it has something to do with little girls loving horses and wanting to be loved and objectified? Idk.

That's kinda what I always figured it was. Kinda like puppy/kitty play but with corsets, high heels, and other assorted stuff.

 

[FurryFury]

That's kinda what I always figured it was. Kinda like puppy/kitty play but with corsets, high heels, and other assorted stuff.

*nods*

I'd like someone who is turned on by it to let us know what they understand the draw it.

 

[jenniferbaby]

*nods*

I'd like someone who is turned on by it to let us know what they understand the draw it.

Honestly, the depiction of pony play in this month's selection was less than appetizing. I didn't like it so much as I disliked it the least of everything. So I won't use that as an example of why I like pony play.

In the Beauty series though, I liked the idea of "breaking" the pony. I liked that Beauty and the guy she was with were supposed to feel degraded and demeaned, and instead they felt turned on and worked very hard to be good "ponies." The juxtaposition of humiliation and pride was interesting to witness, something that might be found in many D/s interactions. I liked the physicality of the scenes, the focus on the body and the animalistic nature of sex. I'm not into dressing up as an animal or thinking of myself as an animal when in a D/s situation, but I found it sexy to read about nonetheless.

 

[FurryFury]

Thanks for your post on Pony Play, Jenniferbaby.

I too am turned on by many things that I don't want to do in RL and humiliation as well as being secretly turned on despite that humiliation.

 

[AbiNormyl]

I would love to join. Have you chosen a book for this month so I can get it ordered and read?

Thank you,

Abi

 

[FurryFury]

I would love to join. Have you chosen a book for this month so I can get it ordered and read?

Thank you,

Abi

We have! Please join us in reading Wolf Tales by Kate Douglas!

I'll put up a list of books so you can vote on next month soon too.

Plus if you have any book nominations, let me know.

Oh, and, if you've ever read any of the 30+ books we've already done (which can be found in the first post of this thread), please give us your thoughts on any you would like to!

 

[AbiNormyl]

Thank you very much. =) I will get the book and read it and I will look at the list a bit later and see what I may have read.

Abi

 

[FurryFury]

Great!

 

[AbiNormyl]

ok; so sony's ebook store is bad for me. LoL Now, if my reader was working I would be set...for 2 years or months or something.

 

[FurryFury]

I got this month's book from my library if that helps any.

 

[FurryFury]

Can we pretty please add Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain to the BOTM list....

Let me check. I think we read it already?

I'll be back . . .

 

[FurryFury]

Yes! We can! We haven't read it yet!

 

[FurryFury]

Speaking of which:

Let's go ahead and vote on our December BOTM, shall we?

1.) Kushiel's Justice by Jacqueline Carey

Bestseller Carey's fifth book in her Kushiel's Legacy series, volume two of her Imriel fantasy trilogy (after 2006's Kushiel's Scion), is a moody tale of violence and divided loyalties. Phèdre nó Delaunay, the sexually adventurous heroine of the first trilogy, has become a placid foster mother to Prince Imriel, son of the unseen traitor Melisande Shahrizai.

Carey's infamous explicit sex scenes now portray Imriel's illicit and often violent affair with Sidonie, daughter of Queen Ysandre. Their romance is frustrated by Imriel's obligation to marry Dorelei, an Alban princess, and beget future rulers of Alba. When Dorelei and her unborn son are betrayed and Imriel is badly wounded, he finds himself torn between his vow to avenge his wife and child and his desire to seek solace in Sidonie's arms. His inner conflicts are ameliorated by religious faith, a change from previous books that may please some readers and dismay others. Imriel serves well as protagonist, however, and events are clearly building to what promises to be a spectacular climax in the sixth volume.

2.) Queen of the Darkness , by Anne Bishop.

"Queen of the Darkness" is the third and last book in Anne Bishop's extraordinary "Black Jewels Trilogy." This is a strong novel which truly enhances the material in the first two books and provides a most fitting conclusion to this epic series. I would strongly advise reading the books in order, beginning with "Daughter of the Blood" and then "Heir to the Shadows" to best appreciate the intricate story, characters and unique world that Ms. Bishop has created. I only wish the author had written a quartet!

3.)Sweetheart by Chelsea Cain

Starred Review. In Cain's superb follow-up to Heartsick, damaged detective Archie Sheridan is back home in Portland, Ore., trying to resume a normal life. Archie's ties to serial killer Gretchen Lowell still run deep, even if he's stopped their weekly visits in prison.

Meanwhile, reporter Susan Ward is finishing an article accusing a beloved U.S. senator of seducing his children's 14-year-old babysitter a decade earlier.

When three bodies are discovered in a local park—where Archie's team found Gretchen's first victim 12 years earlier—Archie worries another serial killer is at large.

After the senator's unexpected death, Susan discovers links between the sex scandal and the bodies in the park.

When Gretchen escapes from prison, Archie knows he's the only one who can stop her from killing. In Cain's capable hands, Gretchen is both a monster and the only person who truly understands Archie's pain. With its brisk pacing, carefully metered violence and tortured hero, Cain's sophomore effort will leave readers desperate for more. 200,000 first printing. (Sept.)
Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.

4.) One Dark Night by Jaid Black.

Finally! A Jaid Black book with a meaningful plot! I was actually engrossed in the mystery of this little who-done-it and not just in the sex scenes. Reading many of Jaid's other stories is a cross between the story line of a cheap porno and the sickeningly sweet endings of a childhood fairy tale. But not this book! Amazing! I hope she keeps it up!

5.) Gordon by Edith Templeton.

Originally written under a pseudonym, this thrilling novel of passion in post-World War II London was banned upon its publication in the late 1960s, and is only now being republished under the author’s real name. Edith Templeton creates an indelible character in the smartly dressed Louisa, a savvy young woman in the midst of a divorce who meets a charismatic man in a pub and within an hour has been sexually conquered by him on a garden bench. Thus begins her baffling but magnetic love affair with, and virtual enslavement to, Richard Gordon.

6.) Warrior's Woman by Johanna Lindsey.

Book Description:In the year 2139, fearless Tedra De Arr sets out to rescue her beleaguered planet Kystran from the savage rule of the evil Crad Ce Moerr. Experienced in combat but not in love, the beautiful, untouched Amazon flies with Martha, her wise-cracking, free-thinking computer, to a world where warriors reigns supreme--and into the arms of the one man she can never hope to vanquish: the bronzed barbarian Challen Ly-San-Ter. A magnificent creature of raw yet disciplined desires, the muscle-bound primitive succeeds where no puny Kystran male had before--igniting a raging fire within Tedra that must be extinguished before she can even think of saving her enslaved world. . .

7.) Choke by Chuck Palahniuk

Victor Mancini is a ruthless con artist. Victor Mancini is a med-school dropout who's taken a job playing an Irish indentured servant in a colonial-era theme park in order to help care for his Alzheimer's-afflicted mother. Victor Mancini is a sex addict. Victor Mancini is a direct descendant of Jesus Christ. All of these statements about the protagonist of Choke are more or less true. Welcome, once again, to the world of Chuck Palahniuk.

"Art never comes from happiness." So says Mancini's mother only a few pages into the novel. Given her own dicey and melodramatic style of parenting, you would think that her son's life would be chock-full of nothing but art. Alas, that's not the case. In the fine tradition of Oedipus, Stephen Dedalus, and Anthony Soprano, Victor hasn't quite reconciled his issues with his mother. Instead, he's trawling sexual-addiction recovery meetings for dates and purposely choking in restaurants for a few moments of attention. Longing for a hug, in other words, he's settling for the Heimlich.

8) The Love Slave by Bertrice Small

From the classic Skye O'Malley series to Love, Remember Me, Bertrice Small's enchanting, exotic, and erotic tales have won her a multitude of fans. Her latest passionate adventure tells the tale of a fiery Celtic beauty and an Arabian master of erotic arts.

9.) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson

This has been a huge bestseller all of Europe and for good reason. It is a crime novel which combines a great plot with really powerful themes such as intolerance and corporate corruption. I'm really looking forward to the next two books in the trilogy.

10.) Memoirs of a Geisha by by Arthur Golden.

Fiction that reads like an autobiography detailing the life and servitude of a geisha. Fascinating to read in a D/s light. Well-researched.

(Synopsis from : http://www.submissiveloving.com/bdsmnovel.html )

11.) Swallowing Darkness (Meredith Gentry, Book 7) by Laurell K. Hamilton

I am Meredith, princess of faerie, wielder of the hands of Flesh and Blood, and at long last, I am with child–twins, fathered by my royal guard. Though my uncle, Taranis, King of Light and Illusion, claims that he is the true father since he abducted me from my home, betrayed, and defiled me. And now he has branded my guards as a threat to my unborn children.

Bearing an heir has placed me halfway to my aunt’s throne, that much closer to my reign over the Unseelie Court–and well ahead of her son, my cousin Cel, in this race. Now I must stay alive to see my children born and claim my place as queen.

But not all in faerie are pleased with the news, and conspirators from every court in the realm plot against me and mine. They seek to strip my guards, my lovers, from me by poisoned word or cold steel. But I still have supporters, and even friends, among the goblins and the sluagh, who will stand by me.

I am Meredith Nic Essus, and those who would defy and destroy me are destined to pay a terrible price–for I am truly my father’s daughter. To protect what is mine, I will sacrifice anything–even if it means waging a great battle against my darkest enemies and making the most momentous decision ever made as princess of faerie.


12.) Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, Book 1) by Jeaniene Frost

Half-vampire Catherine Crawfield is going after the undead with a vengeance, hoping that one of these deadbeats is her father—the one responsible for ruining her mother's life. Then she's captured by Bones, a vampire bounty hunter, and is forced into an unholy partnership.

In exchange for finding her father, Cat agrees to train with the sexy night stalker until her battle reflexes are as sharp as his fangs. She's amazed she doesn't end up as his dinner—are there actually good vampires? Pretty soon Bones will have her convinced that being half-dead doesn't have to be all bad. But before she can enjoy her newfound status as kick-ass demon hunter, Cat and Bones are pursued by a group of killers. Now Cat will have to choose a side . . . and Bones is turning out to be as tempting as any man with a heartbeat.

Books I can't get at my library:

13.) Menage by Emma Holly

Bookstore owner Kate comes home from work one day to find her two flatmates in bed...together. Joe - a sensitive composer - is mortified. Sean - an irrepressible bad boy - asks her to join in. Kate's been fantasising about her hunky new houseshares since they moved in, but she was convinced they were both gay.

Realising that pleasure is a multi-faceted thing, she sets her cares aside and embarks on a menage a trois with the wild duo. Kate wants nothing more than to keep both her admirers happy, but inevitably things become complicated, especially at work.

Kate has told her colleagues that Joe and Sean are gay but the gossip begins when she's caught in a clinch with one of them in her lunch hour! To add to this, one of Kate's more conservative suitors is showing interest again, but she's hooked on the different kind of loving that she enjoys with her boys - even though she knows it cannot last. Or can it?

14.) Breaking the Girl by Kim Corum

See what all the fuss is about. "I wasn't a slave. I was a willing participant." "His name was Frank. Just Frank. His last name really doesn't matter. It was Smith or Jones or Gallagher or... Hell. Just pick one. They're really all the same. I didn't know that much about him." "Maybe Frank classified me as a whore." "I stopped talking, begging, pleading. Plotting. I wasn't going to win him over. It was his way or no way. And I knew that. So it was his way." "I just wasn't that kind of tie me up, tie me down, beat me, switch me, hold me tight, love me forever' kind of girl. Frank was that kind of guy. Which made me that kind of girl." "And when it was over, we fell away from each other gasping for air." ".he brought the money-in fifties and hundreds-to me, delivering it in a bank bag. Delivering it to me with a big smile on his face, as if he were happy to deliver it, glad he could accommodate me. Who was the real slave here?" Breaking the Girl-a story of white hot sex and submission.


15.) Safe Word by Molly Weatherfield. From the author of Carrie's Story comes the continuing tale of a young woman's uncompromising sexual adventure.

Carrie leaves Jonathan, the S/M master who initiated her into a life of slave auctions, training regimes, and human "ponies" preening for dressage competitions. Whisked away to Greece by the demanding gentleman who has chosen her as his own, she learns new, more rigorous methods of sexual pleasure.

16.) Slaves of the Empire by Aaron Travis.
Steven Saylor in disguise, his hot porn still includes marvelous details of Rome at its dirtiest, wealthiest, and most kinky.

17.) Topping From Below by Laura Reese.

The title of this devilishly pornographic?albeit literate?novel is taken from the argot of sadomasochism and refers to a rebellious dynamic in which the dominant partner (the "top") is subtly manipulated by the submissive partner (the "bottom").

After her young sister, Franny, is found murdered?bound, gagged and mutilated?Nora Tibbs, a journalist for the Sacramento Bee, discovers in Franny's computer a diary that details her brief affair with "M.," an arrogant music professor in his late 40s. Cruelly exploiting the overweight, love-starved woman, M. forced Franny to submit to a humiliating gamut of outre sexual practices.

Convinced that M. is Franny's murderer, Nora sets out to prove his guilt by pretending to submit to his depraved aberrations. But, to her astonishment, she discovers a dark, pagan side of herself when M. enthralls her with intense, if perilous, sexual pleasure. Graphic descriptions of exotic sexual practices (bondage and discipline, sadomasochism, bestiality, etc.) accumulate, counterpointed by Nora's sweetly romantic relationship with a fellow reporter.

The suspense, a bit attenuated by thin secondary characters, also is muted by artless foreshadowing, but the conclusion is satisfying in a savage sort of way and Nora's plunge "down, all the way down" under M.'s manipulations will keep most readers gripped even as they're aware that Reese's shameless pandering is manipulating them in turn. Comparison to Story of O is well earned. 100,000 first printing; Literary Guild and Doubleday Recommended for adult fiction collections.

18.) As She's Told by Anneke Jabob (Who I met on Fetlife btw and I now own this one.)

As She's Told is a story about two caring, thoughtful individuals, and the development of a bdsm relationship that is intense, loving, and creative: steeped in imagination, embedded in the real world. It's about a passionate, private sexual reality, in which the balance of power tips only one way.
Anders and Maia want nothing less than total power exchange, without games, negotiations or safewords. Neither can tolerate pretence; the power relationship has to be as genuine as it is absolute, but Anders is more than aware of the risks to inexperienced Maia if she is wrong about what she can handle. His challenge, early in the relationship is to walk a careful line “between games and gobbling her up.”

Step by step Maia hands over her autonomy and slips into the obedience that is essential to her nature. Anders investigates her like new terrain, exploring, manipulating and experimenting on both mind and body. He introduces her to spanking, excruciating erotic teasing and humiliation, and warns her that when she moves in with him, she’ll be like “an animal on a very short tether.” She makes her choice. Anders’ creativity with hardware and technology takes many interesting turns. Bondage, punishment, confinement, animal roles, teasing and denial, predicaments, objectification, all are explored.

The deepening of the relationship and the intensity of Anders’ control is balanced by play and laughter, and by the couple’s connections to the world beyond their walls, to work and music and friends. Some of those friends come to be included in the ménage, one way and another. As Maia struggles and adapts to her slave role, Anders faces the limits of his power in the real world. Their support for each other is the underlying structure on which the book rests.

As She’s Told by Anneke Jacob can be found at http://www.pinkflamingo.com/ in paperback and ebook formats. You can read an excerpt there, too, and a couple of reviews.

Books I've recently bought:

19.) The Darker Passions: Frankenstein by Amarantha Knight (I now own this one too.)

This is NOT for the meek. It will definitely put off the weak willed. This type of book is truly only for those who have the darkest passions and wish to see them explored in a fiction format. I think the author was very clever in her approach to the classic story. I do feel that a comparison to Anne Rice isn't appropriate. Rice's work is "vanilla" to this deep dark chocolate; which for many is a delicious treat. I tremendously enjoyed this book.

The mistress of erotic horror sets her sights on Mary Shelleys darkest creation. What if you could create a living, breathing human? What shocking acts could it be taught to perform, to desire, to love? Find out what pleasures await those who play God in another breathtaking installation in the popular Darker Passions series. --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

20. Wild Rain by Christine Feehan

Feehan has a knack for bringing vampiric Carpathians to vivid, virile life in her Dark Carpathian novels, and in this new book, which builds on her short story "The Awakening," she focuses on a different kind of sensual predator—a half-human/half-leopard species of shapeshifters.

Mysterious freelance paramilitary operative Rio Santana is a member of this breed, but he's been banished from his clan and lives in a solitary rainforest dwelling. Enter Rachel Lospostos, who has marooned herself in the jungle to escape a group of murderers.

Blood runs hot between the two, both emotionally and literally—their first meeting is a near-terminal cat fight that leaves Rachel bedridden with a mangled leg and a broken wrist. As Rio cares for her, it becomes clear that their relationship is fated, but it may soon be cut short if they don't figure out who wants Rachel dead.

Suspense often takes a backseat to the protagonists' romantic feelings, but Feehan handles both elements skillfully, drawing villains who are sufficiently threatening and creating a romance that feels both destined and believable. Readers whose fantasies center on untamed wilderness and on untamed heroes who are as sensitive as they are strong will be seduced by this erotic adventure. Copyright © Reed Business Information, a division of Reed Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.


Online Stories:

20.) Tales From Subspace by NIGHTQUEEN1963. http://english.literotica.com/stori...ry.php?id=84817

In addition I have another book thread for reads that do not have to do with BDSM. It's called reading books for pleasure and it is here:

https://forum.literotica.com/showthread.php?t=410377

Any book you consider to have been pleasurable, and somewhat BDSM please share!

Nominations are always open!

 

[FurryFury]

I was a bit confused because I did get the sequel and read it already. LOL. I should have waited but I just couldn't.

 

[graceanne]

1.) Kushiel's Justice by Jacqueline Carey

4.) One Dark Night by Jaid Black.

6.) Warrior's Woman by Johanna Lindsey.

8) The Love Slave by Bertrice Small

11.) Swallowing Darkness (Meredith Gentry, Book 7) by Laurell K. Hamilton

12.) Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, Book 1) by Jeaniene Frost

17.) Topping From Below by Laura Reese.

18.) As She's Told by Anneke Jabob (Who I met on Fetlife btw and I now own this one.)

Yes to 1, 12, 17, and 18. I have read, and can re-read, 4, 6, 8, and 11.

9.) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson

This one looks interesting, but why'd it get nominated for a bdsm book club?

 

[FurryFury]

Idk, someone told me it would be a good nomination. Is it not BDSMish?

 

[FurryFury]

Thanks for the post!

 

[graceanne]

Idk, someone told me it would be a good nomination. Is it not BDSMish?

I looked it up, and it seems like it's a good mystery, but I was wondering where BDSM came into it. Probably whoever put that up read it and had a reason to nominate it. I was just curious.

 

[FurryFury]

I looked it up, and it seems like it's a good mystery, but I was wondering where BDSM came into it. Probably whoever put that up read it and had a reason to nominate it. I was just curious.

I'm curious about it too and I love the title.

 

[graceanne]

I'm curious about it too and I love the title.

Yep. Cool title.

 

[ecstaticsub]

Carrie's Story by Molly Weatherfield

Sorry, I'm a little late.

Did you like the book overall or not?
Yes. This is my second time reading it. The first time I read it was a couple of months after becoming Daddy's submissive. Everything BDSM-wise was new to me. I found it then to be a very interesting read. Now 4 years later I found the book a little too predictable. (but that is to be expected with a 2nd read through)

Do you feel it portrays BDSM in a real way, a positive way and/or your way?
In some ways very similiar to my own relationship in the beginning in that Carrie had her normal vanilla life as student, bike messenger, friend to others then she entered into Jonathan's place and she shifted into slave mode. There were some aspects of her slave role that went into her vanilla world but mostly they were separate. I have my vanilla life and then I shift to sub/slave mode though I have more aspects of my sub life involved in my vanilla than she did. Then of course after she quit her job the balance totally shifted and became nothing like mine.

Did you like the sex scenes in the book? Not the sex scenes but little images I found getting me rather wet and horny. The concept of not just a pony tail buttplug but it being a dildo was one of the things that got me off.

Did you like the rest of the book, the story in it? I liked the story at the beginning. Once the pony training started I didn't enjoy the story as much.

Would you be interested in reading another book by this author? I did read the sequel Safe Word. It has been 4 years since I read it but I do remember enjoying it more than the first book.

What did you like best about this selection?
I liked all the anal sex I personally don't like blow-by-blow sex scene descriptions, so I enjoyed the sex parts.
What did you like the least?
That everyone was rich and perfect looking. I get so turned off by perfect looking characters.
How would you have changed the story?
I would have had Carrie and Jonathan eventually falling in love complete with more emotionally intense scenes.


Daddy and I had a discussion about pony play after I read both books the first time. I really liked the idea of being treated like just an animal, and I loved the tail plug. I don't find it erotic though. Daddy said he found nothing at all sexy about pony play. Though he does enjoy me wearing my cat buttplug and being a pet.

 

[FurryFury]

Great post, thanks!

I totally understand the nilla world, then kink thing. I think most of us are like that.

 

[FurryFury]

I just finished read Wolf Tales by Kate Douglas and oh my. Not what I expected at all but hawt.

 

[graceanne]

I just finished read Wolf Tales by Kate Douglas and oh my. Not what I expected at all but hawt.

I was surprised and a bit disappointed.

 

[FurryFury]

So far we've had interest in

HeartSick by Chelsea Cain

and

1.) Kushiel's Justice by Jacqueline Carey

4.) One Dark Night by Jaid Black.

6.) Warrior's Woman by Johanna Lindsey.

8) The Love Slave by Bertrice Small

11.) Swallowing Darkness (Meredith Gentry, Book 7) by Laurell K. Hamilton

12.) Halfway to the Grave (Night Huntress, Book 1) by Jeaniene Frost

17.) Topping From Below by Laura Reese.

18.) As She's Told by Anneke Jabob (Who I met on Fetlife btw and I now own this one.)

and

9.) The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo by Steig Larsson which may or may not be BDSM-y.

So how do we decide?